US Patent Issued to Opsens on Dec. 30 for "Pressure based structural heart assessment systems and methods" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,507,900, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Opsens Inc. (Quebec City).

"Pressure based structural heart assessment systems and methods" was invented by Sebastien Lalancette (Quebec City), Thomas Goodhart (Calgery, Canada), Maxime Picard Deland (Quebec City) and Claude Belleville (Quebec City).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The heart valve assessment systems described herein advantageously provide indicators of a heart valve condition, such as a pressure gradient or a valve regurgitation index. The heart valve assessment systems can provide indicators of a heart valve condition during a heart procedure. A pressure gradient indicates a seve...